Fandom:

The West Wing AU

Pairing:

C.J./Danny

Rating:

PG-13 for topic

Distribution:

How much do I owe you for hauling it off?

Spoilers:

Up to and including Full Disclosure, from which the series follows on

Email:

exfilia at livejournal dot com

Disclaimer:

if I owned them, they'd have a lot more fun

Warning:

mentions nonconsensual sex

Note:

Hoynes lovers should probably be hitting delete right about now.

"Good morning," Danny said to Tracy.

"Hi."

"You okay?"

"I guess."

"You don't sound okay."

"I guess I'm just wondering."

"Yeah?"

"How come I'm not fired."

"Good question. Why do you think?"

"'Cause you know I haven't done anything wrong?"

"Is that what you really think?"

"I don't know."

"Can you think of any other possibilities?"

"You think I'm stupid."

"I think you're innocent."

"Great!"

"I mean naive. You're allowing yourself to be exploited."

"Oh. So why...?"

"Why do you think?"

"You're... you're using me, too, right? To find out what they know?"

"You got anything else you want to tell us? Because if you don't...."

"You don't need me anymore?"

"Talk to me, Tracy."

"If I lose this job, they don't need me, either."

"What do you think's going to happen then?"

"They wouldn't... I mean, I did the best I could! They'll understand... won't they?"

"Nobody's going to notice, Toby."

"We're going to walk into a hotel in dinner clothes at six in the morning and you don't think anyone's going to notice? Does your father own a shotgun?"

"My father stopped caring who I slept with years ago."

"Excuse me, but did something happen last night that has slipped my mind? Because I don't remember having sex with you. I remember getting off the ten...."

"You've been in California too long."

"Blame C.J.! I remember getting off the interstate for gas and not being able to find it again and driving around in neighborhoods I don't want to think about, but I don't remember getting hot and sticky with anyone."

"My father won't care."

"That's what worries me!"

"You think he's going to be angry you insulted me by not wanting to sleep with me? Please."

"Josh will care."

"Josh never cared. He's an ass, but he doesn't care."

"The president is going to care."

"This was the president's idea."

"That we should... Donna?"

"No, just the dinner, but I don't think he'd be mad if... you know."

"So what am I, John Hoynes junior?"

"Toby, have you ever actually had sex?"

"You think my children were conceived by Congressional Resolution?"

"As oblivious as you are, I wouldn't rule it out!"

"Do you want to have sex with me?"

"Nooooo!"

"Do you have to be quite so emphatic about it?"

"Could we just go to bed?"

"I thought...."

"Alone!" She stalked toward the hotel lobby with Toby close behind her, close enough that when they entered and found themselves facing an assembled White House press corps already peeved that the press bus was late, Donna and Toby were together in all the pictures.